Ignatas Konovalovas
Konovalovas at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Ignatas Konovalovas |
| Born |
8 December 1985 Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR (now Lithuania) |
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | FDJ |
| Discipline | Road, track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Rouleur |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2006–2007 | Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille |
| 2007 | Crédit Agricole (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2008 | Crédit Agricole |
| 2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011–2012 | Movistar Team |
| 2013–2014 | MTN–Qhubeka |
| 2015 | Team Marseille 13 KTM |
| 2016– | FDJ |
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Ignatas Konovalovas (born 8 December 1985) is a Lithuanian road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam FDJ. Konovalovas has won the Lithuanian National Time Trial Championships six times, in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2016.
Konovalovas was born in Panevėžys, the son of Laima Zilporytė, Olympian cyclist, and Valerijus Konovalovas, a cyclist coach. He has a sister, Irma, who is eight years younger than him.
Konovalovas finished third in the European Junior Team Pursuit Championships in 2003, the European Under-23 Team Pursuit Championships in 2007 and second in the European Under-23 Road Race Championships in 2007. In 2009, Konovalovas won the final time trial of the Giro d'Italia.
Konovalovas left the Movistar Team at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the MTN–Qhubeka squad for the 2013 season. After spending 2015 riding for Team Marseille 13 KTM in August 2015 it was announced that Konovalovas would rejoin the UCI World Tour ranks by joining FDJ in 2016.
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